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List of works by Ilia J. Leitch

250 years of hybridization between two biennial herb species without speciation ⬇️

scientific article

A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the Angiosperm Tree of Life

scientific article published on 01 February 2022

A Target Capture-Based Method to Estimate Ploidy From Herbarium Specimens

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering.

scientific article published in July 2019

A customized nuclear target enrichment approach for developing a phylogenomic baseline for Dioscorea yams (Dioscoreaceae).

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A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants

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A haploid pseudo-chromosome genome assembly for a keystone sagebrush species of western North American rangelands

scientific article published in 2022

A highly contiguous, scaffold-level nuclear genome assembly for the fever tree (Cinchona pubescens Vahl) as a novel resource for Rubiaceae research

scientific article published in 2022

A roadmap for global synthesis of the plant tree of life

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

A role for nonadaptive processes in plant genome size evolution?

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A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland

scientific article published on 10 January 2022

A universe of dwarfs and giants: genome size and chromosome evolution in the monocot family Melanthiaceae

scientific article published on 2 December 2013

Aloe L. - a second plant family without (TTTAGGG) n telomeres

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Analysis of the giant genomes of Fritillaria (Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size

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Angiosperms Are Unique among Land Plant Lineages in the Occurrence of Key Genes in the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) Pathway

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Are the genomes of royal ferns really frozen in time? Evidence for coinciding genome stability and limited evolvability in the royal ferns

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Asteraceae as a model system for evolutionary studies: from fossils to genomes

scientific article published in 2022

Astonishing 35S rDNA diversity in the gymnosperm species Cycas revoluta Thunb

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Automated video monitoring of insect pollinators in the field

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Best practices in plant cytometry

scientific article published on 04 January 2021

Bigger genomes provide environment‐dependent growth benefits in grasses

scientific article published in 2024

Biogeography and genome size evolution of the oldest extant vascular plant genus, Equisetum (Equisetaceae)

scientific article published on 01 April 2021

Change in shape of the human body

scientific article published on January 1, 1976

Chromosome and genome size variation inLuzula(Juncaceae), a genus with holocentric chromosomes

scientific article published in 2012

Chromosome diversity and evolution in Liliaceae

scientific article published on 25 November 2008

Chromosome identification and mapping in the grass Zingeria biebersteiniana (2n = 4) using fluorochromes

scientific article published on March 1995

Chromosome studies in Orchidaceae: karyotype divergence in Neotropical genera in subtribe Maxillariinae

scientific article published in 2012

Comparisons with Caenorhabditis (approximately 100 Mb) and Drosophila (approximately 175 Mb) using flow cytometry show genome size in Arabidopsis to be approximately 157 Mb and thus approximately 25% larger than the Arabidopsis genome initiative est

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Complementing model species with model clades

scientific article published on 12 October 2023

Contrasted histories of organelle and nuclear genomes underlying physiological diversification in a grass species

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Contrasting evolutionary dynamics between angiosperm and mammalian genomes

scientific article published on 06 August 2009

Correlated evolution of genome size and seed mass

scientific article published in January 2007

Crop wild phylorelatives (CWPs): phylogenetic distance, cytogenetic compatibility and breeding system data enable estimation of crop wild relative gene pool classification

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Cycle of child sexual abuse: Links between being a victim and becoming a perpetrator

article by M. Glasser et al published December 2001 in British Journal of Psychiatry

DNA C-values in seven families fill phylogenetic gaps in the basal angiosperms

scholarly article by Ilia J. Leitch & LYNDA HANSON published October 2002 in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

DNA amounts for five pteridophyte species fill phylogenetic gaps in C-value data

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Detection of Digoxigenin-Labeled DNA Probes Hybridized to Plant Chromosomes In Situ

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Digests: Salamanders’ slow slither into genomic gigantism*

scientific article published on 01 December 2016

Diverse retrotransposon families and an AT-rich satellite DNA revealed in giant genomes of Fritillaria lilies.

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Ecological and evolutionary significance of genomic GC content diversity in monocots

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Ecological and genetic factors linked to contrasting genome dynamics in seed plants ⬇️

scientific article published on March 20, 2012

Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences associated with 24 nt small RNAs at the centromeres of Fritillaria imperialis L. (Liliaceae), a species with a giant genome

scientific article published on 4 November 2014

Eukaryotic genome size databases

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Evolution of DNA amounts across land plants (embryophyta)

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Evolution of genome size in the angiosperms

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Evolutionary and functional potential of ploidy increase within individual plants: somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee orchids.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Evolutionary convergence or homology? Comparative cytogenomics of Caesalpinia group species (Leguminosae) reveals diversification in the pericentromeric heterochromatic composition

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements and satellite DNAs in polyploid Spartina species

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae).

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms

scientific article published on 01 July 2021

Exploring giant plant genomes with next-generation sequencing technology

scientific article published on October 2011

Factors Affecting Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes From Herbarium Specimens Spanning the Diversity of Angiosperms

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

First nuclear DNA amounts in more than 300 angiosperms.

scientific article published on 19 May 2005

Flow cytometry and GISH reveal mixed ploidy populations and Spartina nonaploids with genomes of S. alterniflora and S. maritima origin

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Functional and evolutionary genomic inferences in through genome and population sequencing of American and European aspen

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Genetic factors predict hybrid formation in the British flora

Genome Insights into Autopolyploid Evolution: A Case Study in <i>Senecio doronicum</i> (Asteraceae) from the Southern Alps

scientific article published on 02 May 2022

Genome Size

Genome Size Diversity and Evolution in Land Plants

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Genome Size Diversity and Its Impact on the Evolution of Land Plants.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Genome Size Doubling Arises From the Differential Repetitive DNA Dynamics in the Genus <i>Heloniopsis</i> (Melanthiaceae)

scientific article published on 06 September 2021

Genome Size Dynamics and Evolution in Monocots

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Genome Size Evolution and Dynamics in <i>Iris</i>, with Special Focus on the Section <i>Oncocyclus</i>

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Genome Size Evolution in Plants

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Genome Size and its Uses: The Impact of Flow Cytometry

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Genome Size and the Phenotype

Genome biogeography reveals the intraspecific spread of adaptive mutations for a complex trait.

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Genome evolution of ferns: evidence for relative stasis of genome size across the fern phylogeny

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Genome organization in diploid hybrid species of Argyranthemum (Asteraceae) in the Canary Islands

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Genome size and karyotype evolution in the slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae: Orchidaceae).

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Genome size and ploidy influence angiosperm species' biomass under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Genome size as a predictor of guard cell length in Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of environmental conditions

scientific article published on January 2009

Genome size diversity in angiosperms and its influence on gene space

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Genome size diversity in orchids: consequences and evolution

scientific article (publication date: August 2009)

Genome size dynamics in tribe Gilliesieae (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae) in the context of polyploidy and unusual incidence of Robertsonian translocations

scientific article published in 2017

Genome size evolution in relation to leaf strategy and metabolic rates revisited

scientific article (publication date: March 2007)

Genome size expansion and the relationship between nuclear DNA content and spore size in the Asplenium monanthes fern complex (Aspleniaceae)

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Genome size in Polystachya (Orchidaceae) and its relationships to epidermal characters

scientific article published in 2010

Genome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms

scientific article published on 28 June 2008

Genome size variation in Orchidaceae subfamily Apostasioideae: filling the phylogenetic gap

scholarly article by Jana Jersáková et al published 19 April 2013 in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Genome sizes through the ages

scientific article published on 13 June 2007

Genome structure and evolution in the allohexaploid weed Avena fatua L. (Poaceae)

Genome structure and evolution in the allohexaploid weed Avena fatua L. (Poaceae)

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Genome-wide association mapping of date palm fruit traits

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Genomic characterisation and the detection of raspberry chromatin in polyploid Rubus

Genomic gigantism in the whisk-fern family (Psilotaceae): Tmesipteris obliqua challenges record holder Paris japonica

scientific article published in 2017

Genomic plasticity and the diversity of polyploid plants

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Genomic relationships among diploid and hexaploid species of Andropogon (Poaceae)

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Genomic relationships between maize and its wild relatives

Genomic relationships between maize and its wild relatives

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Genomic repeat abundances contain phylogenetic signal.

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Genomic, spatial and morphometric data for discrimination of four species in the Mediterranean Tamus clade of yams (<i>Dioscorea</i>, Dioscoreaceae)

scientific article published in 2023

How diverse is heterochromatin in the Caesalpinia group? Cytogenomic characterization of Erythrostemon hughesii Gagnon & G.P. Lewis (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae)

scientific article published on 12 September 2020

Hundreds of nuclear and plastid loci yield novel insights into orchid relationships

scientific article published on 12 July 2021

Impact of genomic diversity in river ecosystems

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture

scientific article published in 2017

In Depth Characterization of Repetitive DNA in 23 Plant Genomes Reveals Sources of Genome Size Variation in the Legume Tribe Fabeae.

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Insights into the dynamics of genome size and chromosome evolution in the early diverging angiosperm lineage Nymphaeales (water lilies).

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Interactions between plant genome size, nutrients and herbivory by rabbits, molluscs and insects on a temperate grassland

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Is There an Upper Limit to Genome Size?

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John, Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin, C.H., F.R.S. 1880--1971

scientific article published on January 1, 1972

Loss and recovery of Arabidopsis-type telomere repeat sequences 5'-(TTTAGGG)(n)-3' in the evolution of a major radiation of flowering plants.

scientific article published in August 2001

Low dispersal and ploidy differences in a grass maintain photosynthetic diversity despite gene flow and habitat overlap

scientific article published in 2021

Megacycles of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration correlate with fossil plant genome size

scientific article (publication date: 19 February 2012)

Mega‐sized pericentromeric blocks of simple telomeric repeats and their variants reveal patterns of chromosome evolution in ancient Cycadales genomes

scientific article published in 2022

Molecular Clocks and Archeogenomics of a Late Period Egyptian Date Palm Leaf Reveal Introgression from Wild Relatives and Add Timestamps on the Domestication

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

Molecular and cytological examination of Calopogon (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae): circumscription, phylogeny, polyploidy, and possible hybrid speciation

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Molecular cytogenetic analysis of recently evolved Tragopogon (Asteraceae) allopolyploids reveal a karyotype that is additive of the diploid progenitors.

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Molecular cytogenetic analysis of repeated sequences in a long term wheat suspension culture

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Molecular phylogenetics of Paphiopedilum (Cypripedioideae; Orchidaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid sequences

scholarly article by Araya Chochai et al published 5 September 2012 in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Natural polyploidy in Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

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New Insights into Patterns of Nuclear Genome Size Evolution in Plants

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Nuclear DNA C-values in 30 species double the familial representation in pteridophytes

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Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms: progress, problems and prospects.

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Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms: targets, trends and tomorrow

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On the Tempo of Genome Size Evolution in Angiosperms

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One or More Species in the Arctic Grass Genus Dupontia?: A Contribution to the Panarctic Flora Project

scientific article (publication date: May 2004)

Persistence, dispersal and genetic evolution of recently formed Spartina homoploid hybrids and allopolyploids in Southern England

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Phylogenomic analyses of Sapindales support new family relationships, rapid Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse diversification, and heterogeneous histories of gene duplication

scientific article published in 2023

Physical mapping of four sites of 5S rDNA sequences and one site of the α-amylase-2 gene in barley (Hordeum vulgare)

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Physical mapping of plant DNA sequences by simultaneous in situ hybridization of two differently labelled fluorescent probes

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Physiological framework for adaptation of stomata to CO2 from glacial to future concentrations

scientific article (publication date: 19 February 2012)

Plant genome horizons: Michael Bennett's contribution to genome research

scientific article published on April 2008

Plant genome size modulates grassland community responses to multi‐nutrient additions

scientific article published in 2022

Plant genome size research: a field in focus

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Plant genomes. Genome dynamics vol. 4.

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Plant invasion and naturalization are influenced by genome size, ecology and economic use globally

scientific article published on 13 February 2024

Plants used by humans have characteristics that exacerbate invasions worldwide

scientific article published on 26 July 2023

Polyploidy does not control all: Lineage‐specific average chromosome length constrains genome size evolution in ferns ⬇️

scientific article published in July 2019

Polyploidy in Cupressaceae: Discovery of a new naturally occurring tetraploid, Xanthocyparis vietnamensis ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 July 2021

Polyploidy in angiosperms

Polyploidy in gymnosperms - Insights into the genomic and evolutionary consequences of polyploidy in Ephedra

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Polyploidy in the Conifer Genus Juniperus: An Unexpectedly High Rate

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Prioritising crop wild relatives to enhance agricultural resilience in sub‐Saharan Africa under climate change

scientific article published on 01 December 2021

Punctuated genome size evolution in Liliaceae.

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Recent updates and developments to plant genome size databases.

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Reconstructing relative genome size of vascular plants through geological time

scientific article published in October 2013

Remarkable variation of ribosomal DNA organization and copy number in gnetophytes, a distinct lineage of gymnosperms

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Reprobing of DNA: DNA in situ hybridization preparations

scientific article published on 01 November 1992

Revised Species Delimitation in the Giant Water Lily Genus Victoria (Nymphaeaceae) Confirms a New Species and Has Implications for Its Conservation ⬇️

journal article from 'Frontiers in Plant Science' published in 2022

Salix transect of Europe: variation in ploidy and genome size in willow-associated common nettle, Urtica dioica L. sens. lat., from Greece to arctic Norway

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Satellite DNA in Paphiopedilum subgenus Parvisepalum as revealed by high-throughput sequencing and fluorescent in situ hybridization

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

Small genome size and variation in ploidy levels support the naturalization of vascular plants but constrain their invasive spread

scientific article published on 12 July 2023

Speciation and evolution in the Gagea reticulata species complex (Tulipeae; Liliaceae).

scientific article

State of the World's Plants and Fungi, 2023. ⬇️

report published in 2023

Tapping Culture Collections for Fungal Endophytes: First Genome Assemblies for Three Genera and Five Species in the<i>Ascomycota</i>

scientific article published in 2023

The Plant DNA C-values database (release 7.1): an updated online repository of plant genome size data for comparative studies

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts

scientific article published on 12 July 2021

The absence of Arabidopsis-type telomeres in Cestrum and closely related genera Vestia and Sessea (Solanaceae): first evidence from eudicots

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The application of flow cytometry for estimating genome size and ploidy level in plants

scientific article published in January 2014

The collection and dissemination of information on nutrition science with special reference to the United Kingdom

scientific article published on January 1, 1976

The distribution of RFLP markers on chromosome 2(2H) of barley in relation to the physical and genetic location of 5S rDNA

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

The dynamic ups and downs of genome size evolution in Brassicaceae

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The ecology of palm genomes: repeat‐associated genome size expansion is constrained by aridity

scientific article published in 2022

The effects of nuclear DNA content (C-value) on the quality and utility of AFLP fingerprints

scientific article published on January 2005

The hidden side of plant invasions: the role of genome size

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The largest eukaryotic genome of them all?

scientific article published in 2010

The likely extinction of hundreds of palm species threatens their contributions to people and ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

The nature of intraspecific and interspecific genome size variation in taxonomically complex eyebrights

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

The quest for suitable reference standards in genome size research

scientific article published in August 2010

The ups and downs of genome size evolution in polyploid species of Nicotiana (Solanaceae).

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

The use of dna sequencing (ITS and trnL-F), AFLP, and fluorescent in situ hybridization to study allopolyploid Miscanthus (Poaceae)

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The use of genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) to show transmission of recombinant chromosomes by a partially fertile bigeneric hybrid, Gasteria lutzii x Aloe aristata (Aloaceae), to its progeny

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

The use of genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) to show transmission of recombinant chromosomes by a partially fertile bigeneric hybrid, Gasteria lutzii × Aloe aristata (Aloaceae), to its progeny

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Untapped resources for medical research

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Why size really matters when sequencing plant genomes

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Wild and agronomically importantAgavespecies (Asparagaceae) show proportional increases in chromosome number, genome size, and genetic markers with increasing ploidy

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